Mat respects the women who give him a reason to respect them - Edit 1
Before modification by Zeratul at 09/12/2010 06:52:57 PM
Behaving like reasonable adults and treating him fairly, for example. Birgitte and Setalle, for example. Nynaeve and Egwene too. He always treated those two with plenty of respect despite them thinking of him as mostly good for nothing rascal.
Joline failed at this and behaved like a 10 year old, whining and trying to take command, and putting the whole group at risk, pretty much the whole time they were together, so naturally he didn't respect her. Mat tried to reason with her a number of times, she refused to listen. Teslyn behaved more reasonably so she gradually earned Mat's respect.
Sure, Mat is biased against some women, mostly Aes Sedai and nobles, but even then, if they behave fairly towards him, treat him like an adult with a capable mind of his own and not just try to boss him around, he starts to respect them in time. Tuon for example. Or Teslyn.
Even with Elayne, who he disliked quite a bit initially, due to her being a noble and the lack of thanks after he came for her in the Tear dungeon, when she started treating him better, apologized for the lack of thanks, shared information with him and used his skills, he started to respect her, despite the fact that she's both Aes Sedai and a Queen. As we see in ToM, he trusted her with the foxhead and with Dragons, and followed her suggestion on how to kill with the gholam.
He even had respect for Tylin, who pretty much raped him,
Joline failed at this and behaved like a 10 year old, whining and trying to take command, and putting the whole group at risk, pretty much the whole time they were together, so naturally he didn't respect her. Mat tried to reason with her a number of times, she refused to listen. Teslyn behaved more reasonably so she gradually earned Mat's respect.
Sure, Mat is biased against some women, mostly Aes Sedai and nobles, but even then, if they behave fairly towards him, treat him like an adult with a capable mind of his own and not just try to boss him around, he starts to respect them in time. Tuon for example. Or Teslyn.
Even with Elayne, who he disliked quite a bit initially, due to her being a noble and the lack of thanks after he came for her in the Tear dungeon, when she started treating him better, apologized for the lack of thanks, shared information with him and used his skills, he started to respect her, despite the fact that she's both Aes Sedai and a Queen. As we see in ToM, he trusted her with the foxhead and with Dragons, and followed her suggestion on how to kill with the gholam.
He even had respect for Tylin, who pretty much raped him,